Daily Archives: 27/09/2018

Introduction Probiotics are live microbes, which when administered in adequate amounts confer a health benefit to the host [1]. Bacillus species which are spore forming bacteria have been used as probiotics for the last five decades. The advantage of spore forming probiotics over nonspore formers such as Lactobacillus spp. is that they are heat stable…

Probiotic milk has been previously demonstrated to reduce the number of respiratory infections (RI) among children attending day care centres. Thus, this pilot study was aimed to assess the efficacy and the safety of 3 month treatment with Bacillus clausii in the prevention of recurrent respiratory infections (RRI) in children. Eighty children with RRI…